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"Geographica nova ... duabus tabulis ... contenta ... una Mare Caspium, altera Kamtzadaliam seu Terram Jedso curiose exhibet". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. B. Homann, ca. 1720. Original old colouring. 2 maps printed from one plate. A...
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Homann, Johann Baptist
Nürnberg
1720
"Geographica nova ... duabus tabulis ... contenta ... una Mare Caspium, altera Kamtzadaliam seu Terram Jedso curiose exhibet". Orig. copper-engraving. Published by J. B. Homann, ca. 1720. Original old colouring. 2 maps printed from one plate. A map of the Caspian Sea ("Das Caspische Meer") on the left, a map of Kamchatka, Kuril Islands and northern part of Japan ("Das Land Kamtzadalie sonst Jedso mi der Lamskisch od(er) Pensinskischen See") on the right. With decorative border with many figures, the globe and Latin title-cartouche in the centre. 49:58,5 cm (19 1/4 x 23 inch.).
A decorative map of the Caspian Sea and the Kamchatka peninsula with northern part of Japan (Hokkaido).